We’ve published the latest Central AC all-time road running rankings – this edition includes results to the end of 2024.

Changes from the previous edition are highlighted in yellow: where the details of a performance are highlighted but the athlete’s name is not, the athlete appeared in that ranking list previously with a different performance. The rankings are also published on the club athlete rankings page. 

There are three reasons for changes in this edition:

• most straightforwardly, performances during 2024;
• additional research on results from the first 25 years of the Alloa Half Marathon which has always been a popular race among club members. In addition to results, that has also given more accurate ages for past club members competing in the 1980s and 1990s which in turn allows more accurate placment of those people in age groups;
• removal of the Under 23 age group, with consequent changes to the upper boundary of the Under 20 age group and the lower boundary of the Senior age group. The reason for making that change is that the Under 23 age group is little used in road racing and its definition is not universally agreed.

This edition includes 148 results from 58 races during 2024. Overall, there are a total of 345 ranked performances from 77 men and 51 women, drawn from a collection of nearly 2500 results by 400 athletes, 140 of whom are current club members. Of the ranked performances, 32 are from 2024 with a very similar number from 2023. Ranked performances in 2024 are from:

• Euan Andrews, Connor Bell, Scott Brember, Leah Brown, Hugh Buchanan, Elspeth Burton, Jamie Crowe, Alastair Cunningham, Linda Cunningham, Derek Easton, David Eckersley, Luca Fanottoli, Chris Fullerton, Allan Gall, Lynn Hogg, Ross Houston, Ryan Martin, Patricia Milne, Peter Molloy, Emma Raven, Kieran Reilly, Gerard Taylor, Grace Tindall and Tuscany Wright.

One notable addition to the results is Gareth Bryan-Jones’ 72.17 at the first Alloa Mini Marathon (as it was then known) as an M40. It’s a very fast time once you factor in that the course length was 14.1 miles rather than 13.1 miles: it’s less surprising if you know that in his prime Gareth had run Olympic and Commonwealth Games steeplechase.

The intention is to produce a new edition of the rankings annually, so the next edition should appear in early 2026 and include results from 2025.